Editing Ray Bolger

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{{short description|American actor (1904–1987)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Ray Bolger
| image              = Ray Bolger 1942.jpg
| caption            = Bolger in 1942
| birth_name         = {{nowrap|Raymond Wallace Bolger}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Raymond Wallace/Bolger| work=Family Search| url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46L-CPJ|url-access=registration}}</ref>
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1904|01|10|mf=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1987|01|15|1904|01|10|mf=yes}}
| death_place        = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City|Holy Cross Cemetery]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|dancer|singer|[[vaudevillian]]}}
| years_active       = 1922–1985
| known_for          = {{ubl|[[Scarecrow (Oz)|Scarecrow]] in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''|Barnaby in ''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|Babes in Toyland]]''}}
| spouse             = {{Marriage|Gwendolyn Rickard|1929|<!--Year omitted when marriage ends by death of article subject, per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}
}}

'''Raymond Wallace Bolger''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|oʊ|l|dʒ|ər}};<ref>[https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bolger "Bolger"]. ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.</ref> January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987)<ref name=obit/> was an American actor, dancer, singer, [[vaudevillian]], and stage performer (particularly musical theater) who started his movie career in the silent-film era. 

Bolger was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond. He is best known for his roles in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939) as the [[Scarecrow (Oz)|Scarecrow]] and in [[Walt Disney]]'s holiday musical fantasy ''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|Babes in Toyland]]'' in 1961 as the villainous Barnaby. 

Bolger was the host of ''[[The Ray Bolger Show]]'' on TV from 1953 to 1955, originally titled ''Where's Raymond?''<ref name=obit>{{cite news| first=Glenn| last=Fowler| title=Ray Bolger, Scarecrow in 'Oz' Dies| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDE1F3AF935A25752C0A961948260| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=January 16, 1987| access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref>

==Early life==
Raymond Wallace Bolger was born at 598 Second St., [[South Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], into a Catholic family of Irish descent. He was the son of James Edward Bolger and Anne C. (née Wallace).<ref>{{cite web| title=Raymond W Bolger United States Census, 1910 |work=Family Search| url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22C-B6N|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=James E. Bolger Massachusetts Marriages|work=Family Search| url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHF7-R3Z|url-access=registration }}</ref> His father, James, was a first-generation American of Irish descent, who was born in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]]. Bolger's mother "Annie" was born into a large Irish-American family in [[Bridgewater, Massachusetts]].<ref>Van ĪÉLeuven, Holly. ''Ray Bolger: More than a Scarecrow'', Chapter 1, Oxford University Press, 2019, {{ISBN|0-190639059}}, p. 7</ref> 

Bolger grew up and attended school in the [[Codman Square District|Codman Square]] section of the [[Dorchester, Boston|Dorchester]] neighborhood of [[Boston]].<ref name="dotnews">[https://www.dotnews.com/2016/mayor-s-mural-crew-creates-homage-ray-bolger-ofd Mayor’s Mural Crew creates homage to Ray Bolger, OFD]</ref>

==Career==
===Early career===
His entertainment aspirations evolved from the [[vaudeville]] shows of his youth. He began his career in a vaudeville tap show, creating the act "Sanford & Bolger" with his dance partner. In 1926, he danced at New York City's legendary [[Palace Theatre (Broadway)|Palace Theatre]], the premier vaudeville theater in the United States. His limber body and improvisational dance movements won him many leading roles on Broadway in the 1930s. Eventually, his career also encompassed film, television, and nightclub work.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/8/Ray-Bolger.html| title=Ray Bolger Biography| publisher=Film Reference| access-date=September 18, 2012}}</ref> In 1932 he was elected to the theater club [[The Lambs]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.The-Lambs.org| title=About The Lambs| website=The Lambs, Inc.|access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref> and performed on opening night at [[Radio City Music Hall]] in December 1932.<ref name="varobit">{{cite magazine |last=Oldfield |first=Barney, Col. |date=April 12, 1978 |title=Ray Bolger Was There At Music Hall's Birth |magazine=[[Variety (Magazine)|Variety]] |page=2}}</ref>

After starring in [[Richard Rodgers]]' first stage production of ''[[On Your Toes]]'' in 1936, in which he played the male lead Junior, as well as the hero of the ''[[Slaughter on Tenth Avenue]]'' ballet within the musical, Bolger signed his first cinema contract with [[MGM]] in 1936, and although ''The Wizard of Oz'' was early in his film career, he appeared in other movies of note. His best-known pre-Oz appearance was ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'' (1936), in which he portrayed himself. He also appeared in ''[[Sweethearts (1938 film)|Sweethearts]]'' (1938), the first MGM film in [[Technicolor]], starring [[Nelson Eddy]] and [[Jeanette MacDonald]]. He also appeared in the [[Eleanor Powell]] vehicle ''[[Rosalie (1937 film)|Rosalie]]'' (1937), which also starred Eddy and Frank Morgan.

=== ''The Wizard of Oz'' ===
[[File:The Wizard of Oz Ray Bolger 1939.jpg|right|thumb|273x273px|Bolger as the [[Scarecrow (Oz)|Scarecrow]] in [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]'s 1939 adaptation of ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'']]
Bolger's MGM contract stipulated that he would play any part the studio chose. However, he was unhappy when he was originally cast as the [[Tin Woodman]] in the studio's 1939 feature-film adaptation of ''The Wizard of Oz''. The role of the [[Scarecrow (Oz)|Scarecrow]] had already been assigned to another dancing, studio-contract player, [[Buddy Ebsen]]. In time, the roles were shuffled around. Bolger's face was permanently lined by wearing the Scarecrow's makeup.<ref name="Making">{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RR9QAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA169| title=The Making of The Wizard of Oz| page=169| publisher=Chicago Review Press| date=October 1, 2013| last=Harmetz| first=Aljean| author-link=Aljean Harmetz| isbn=978-1613748350}}</ref>

=== Post-Oz film career ===
Following ''The Wizard of Oz'', Bolger moved to [[RKO Pictures]]. In 1941, he was a featured act at the [[Paramount Theatre (Manhattan)|Paramount Theatre]] in New York, working with the [[Harry James Band]]. He would do [[tap dance]] routines, sometimes in a mock-challenge dance with the band's pianist, [[Al Lerner (composer)|Al Lerner]]. 

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|attacked Pearl Harbor]] and Bolger's performance was interrupted by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]'s announcement of the news of the attack.<ref>{{cite book| last=Lerner| first=Al| year=2007| title=Vamp 'Til Ready| publisher=BearManor Media| isbn=978-1593930806}}{{page needed| date=April 2018}}</ref> Bolger toured in [[USO]] shows in the Pacific Theater during [[World War II]],<ref>[https://masterworksbroadway.com/artist/ray-bolger/ "Ray Bolger"] masterworksbroadway.com, accessed August 26, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ray-bolger-mn0000405888/biography "Ray Bolger Bio"] allmusic.com, accessed August 26, 2019</ref> and appeared in the [[United Artists]] wartime film ''[[Stage Door Canteen (film)|Stage Door Canteen]]'' (1943).<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91216/stage-door-canteen#credits ''Stage Door Canteen''] tcm.com, accessed August 26, 2019</ref>

In 1946, he returned to MGM for a featured role in ''[[The Harvey Girls]]''. Also that year, he recorded a children's album, ''[[The Churkendoose]]'', featuring the story of a misfit fowl ("part chicken, turkey, duck, and goose"), which teaches children that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it "all depends on how you look at things".

===Broadway===
[[File:Ray Bolger 1963.JPG|thumb|upright|Bolger in a publicity photo for ''[[The Bell Telephone Hour]]'', 1963]]
Bolger's Broadway credits included ''[[Life Begins at 8:40]]'' (1934), ''[[On Your Toes]]'' (1936), ''[[By Jupiter]]'' (1942), ''[[All American (musical)|All American]]'' (1962) and ''[[Where's Charley?]]'' (1948), for which he won the [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical]] and in which he introduced "Once in Love with Amy", the song often connected with him. He repeated his stage role in the [[Where's Charley? (film)|1952 film version]] of the musical.<ref>{{IBDB name|32422}}</ref>

===Television===
Bolger appeared in his own [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television sitcom with a variety show theme, ''[[Where's Raymond?]]'' (1953–1954), renamed the second year as ''The Ray Bolger Show'' (1954–55). He continued to star in several films, including Walt Disney's remake of ''Babes in Toyland'' (1961) and smaller cameos throughout the 1960s and 1970.

Bolger made frequent guest appearances on television, including the episode "Rich Man, Poor Man" of the short-lived ''[[The Jean Arthur Show]]'' in 1966. In the 1970s, he had a recurring role as Fred Renfrew, the father of Shirley Partridge ([[Shirley Jones]]) on ''[[The Partridge Family]]'', and appeared in ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' as Toby Noe and also guest-starred on other television series, such as ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Fantasy Island]]'', and ''[[The Love Boat]]''. In the late 1970s, Bolger played in a commercial for Safeway Supermarket's "Scotch Buy" brand, in which he popularized the jingle, "Scotch Buy – 'taint fancy, but it shore is good."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/9RIsDvq2Joo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190908043549/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RIsDvq2Joo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Ray Bolger 1978 Safeway Scotch Buy Commercial|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RIsDvq2Joo|website=YouTube| date=July 29, 2014 |access-date=May 7, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> His last television appearance was on ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' in 1984, three years before his death.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cross |first=Lucy E. |title=About Ray Bolger |url=http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/ray-bolger |access-date=June 12, 2011}}</ref>

In 1976 Bolger performed the opening number for the [[48th Academy Awards]] ceremony.

In his later years, he danced in a [[Dr Pepper]] television commercial, and in 1985, he and [[Liza Minnelli]], the daughter of his ''Oz'' costar [[Judy Garland]], starred in ''[[That's Dancing!]]'', a film written by [[Jack Haley Jr.]], the son of [[Jack Haley]], who portrayed the Tin Woodman in ''The Wizard of Oz''.

==Honors==
In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs, California]], [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars|Walk of Stars]] was dedicated to him.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated]}}, palmspringswalkofstars.com; accessed September 26, 2014.</ref>

In 2016, the City of Boston commissioned a mural in Ray Bolger's honor in the Codman Square section of the Dorchester neighborhood.<ref name=dotnews/>

==Personal life==
Bolger was married to Gwendolyn Rickard for more than 57 years. They had no children.<ref>{{cite web| first=Gary| last=Adelman| title=Ray Bolger in ''The Wizard of Oz'' as the Scarecrow| url=http://www.kansasoz.com/infoscarecrow.htm| work=Kansas Wizard of Oz 'N More| year=2008| access-date=June 5, 2008| archive-date=June 18, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618174859/https://www.kansasoz.com/infoscarecrow.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a [[Roman Catholic]] and a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.goodshepherdbh.org/a-city-on-a-hill/our-history| publisher=Church of the Good Shepherd| title=Our History| access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref>

Bolger was a lifelong [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] who campaigned for [[Barry Goldwater]] in the [[1964 United States presidential election]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Critchlow |first=Donald T. |author-link=Donald T. Critchlow |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfHXAAAAQBAJ&q=Ray%20Bolger |title=When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics |date=October 21, 2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107650282}}</ref> and [[Richard Nixon]] in the [[1968 United States presidential election|1968 election]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/1968-presidential-racerepublicans/| title="1968 Presidential Race" Republicans| publisher=The Pop History Dig| access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref>

Bolger had 11 nieces and nephews.

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Ray & Gwendolyn Bolger's grave.JPG|thumb|right|Ray and Gwendolyn Bolger's grave at [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City]]]]

Bolger was diagnosed with [[bladder cancer]] in 1986. His health deteriorated and by the end of that year, he left his [[Beverly Hills]] home to live at a nursing home in Los Angeles. He died there on January 15, 1987, five days after his 83rd birthday.<ref name=obit/>

At the time of his death, Bolger was the last surviving main-credited cast member of ''The Wizard of Oz''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/ray-bolger| title=Ray Bolger| publisher=The Official Masterworks Broadway Site| access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref> He was the only one of Judy Garland's ''Oz'' costars who attended her funeral ([[Bert Lahr]] pre-deceased her in 1967), joining [[Harold Arlen]], the composer of "[[Over the Rainbow]]", and his wife, [[Anya Taranda]]. They were reported as among the last remaining guests at the conclusion of the service.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/09/specials/garland-funeral.html|title=Judy Garland's Funeral Draws Her Colleagues| last=Van Gelder| first=Lawrence| date=June 28, 1969| newspaper=The New York Times| access-date=April 2, 2017}}</ref>

Whenever asked whether he had received any residuals from telecasts of ''The Wizard of Oz'', Bolger would reply: "No, just immortality. I'll settle for that."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.ozclub.org/reference/oztlfrm.htm| title=Return to Oz & 50th Anniversary of MGM Film| first=Jane| last=Albright| publisher=The Oz Reference Library| access-date=June 5, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419114829/http://www.ozclub.org/reference/oztlfrm.htm| archive-date=April 19, 2008| year=2008}}</ref> Bolger's Scarecrow is ranked among the "most beloved movie characters of all time" by AMC and the American Film Institute.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greatest Movie Characters |url=https://www.filmsite.org/greatfilmcharacters-s.html |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=filmsite.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AFI: 10 Top 10 |url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/moviedetail.aspx?id=7892&thumb=6 |access-date=August 20, 2017 |website=afi.com}}</ref>

For his contributions to the film industry, Bolger received a [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|motion pictures star]] on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1960. It is located at 6788 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/ray-bolger |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame - Ray Bolger |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |access-date=November 29, 2017}}</ref>

In 2019, the first comprehensive biography of Bolger, ''More Than a Scarecrow'' by Holly Van Leuven, was published.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tuttle |first=Kate |date=March 13, 2019 |title=How a high schooler's obsession became a biography - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2019/03/13/how-high-schooler-obsession-became-biography/K5pndff9Quyycbqpw5rxSK/story.html |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Statham |first=William |title=Review: RAY BOLGER: MORE THAN A SCARECROW by Holly Van Leuven |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/BWW-Review-RAY-BOLGER-MORE-THAN-A-SCARECROW-by-Holly-Van-Leuven-20190507 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Theatrical films
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1936 || ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'' || Ray Bolger ||
|-
| 1937 || ''[[Rosalie (1937 film)|Rosalie]]'' || Bill Delroy ||
|-
| 1938 || ''[[The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)|The Girl of the Golden West]]'' || Happy Moore || (scenes deleted)
|-
| 1938 || ''[[Sweethearts (1938 film)|Sweethearts]]'' || Hans ||
|-
| 1939 || ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' || [[Scarecrow (Oz)|Hunk / The Scarecrow]] ||
|-
| 1941 || ''[[Sunny (1941 film)|Sunny]]'' || Bunny Billings ||
|-
| 1942 || ''[[Four Jacks and a Jill (film)|Four Jacks and a Jill]]'' || Nifty Sullivan ||
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]'' || Sentry || (scenes deleted)
|-
| 1943 || ''[[Stage Door Canteen (film)|Stage Door Canteen]]'' || Ray Bolger ||
|-
| 1946 || ''[[The Harvey Girls]]'' || Chris Maule ||
|-
| 1949 || ''[[Look for the Silver Lining (film)|Look for the Silver Lining]]'' || Jack Donahue ||
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Where's Charley? (film)|Where's Charley?]]'' || Charley Wykeham ||
|-
| 1952 || ''[[April in Paris (film)|April in Paris]]'' || S. Winthrop Putnam ||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 film)|Babes in Toyland]]'' || Barnaby ||
|-
| 1966 || ''[[The Daydreamer (film)|The Daydreamer]]'' || The Pieman ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Just You and Me, Kid]]'' || Tom ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[The Runner Stumbles]]'' || Monsignor Nicholson ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]'' || Sound Effects Man || Uncredited
|-
| 1985 || ''[[That's Dancing!]]'' || Himself – Host || Documentary film
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Television
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1953–1955 || ''[[Where's Raymond?]]'' || Raymond 'Ray' Wallace || Lead role (61 episodes)
|-
| 1956–1957 || ''[[Washington Square (TV series)|Washington Square]]'' || Host || 
|-
| 1958–1959 || ''[[General Electric Theater]]'' || Stan Maylor / Alfred Boggs || 2 episodes
|-
| 1962 || ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'' || Mayor Threadbare III || Episode: "The Mayor of Central Park"
|-
| 1962 || ''The Little Sweep'' || Storyteller || Television film
|-
|1963
|The Judy Garland Show
|guest star
|Garland's weekly tv series
|-
| 1966 || ''[[The Jean Arthur Show]]'' || Wealthy Man || Episode: "Rich Man, Poor Man"
|-
| 1970–1972 || ''[[The Partridge Family]]'' || Grandpa Renfrew || Recurring role (3 episodes)
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Nanny and the Professor]]'' || Uncle Horace || Episode: "South Sea Island Sweetheart"
|-
| 1976 || ''[[The Entertainer (1975 film)|The Entertainer]]'' || Billy Rice || Television film
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Captains and the Kings]]'' || R.J. Squibbs || Television miniseries (Chapter I)
|-
| 1977–1979 || ''[[The Love Boat]]'' || Andy Hopkins / Horace McDonald || 2 episodes
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Baretta]]'' || || Episode: "Just for Laughs"
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Three on a Date]]'' || Andrew || Television film
|-
| 1978–1982 || ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' || Gaylord Nelson / Spencer Randolph || 2 episodes
|-
| 1978–1979 || ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' || Toby Noe || 2 episodes
|-
| 1979 || ''Heaven Only Knows'' || Simon || Television pilot
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' || Vector || Episode: "Greetings from Earth"
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Aloha Paradise]]'' || Harry Carr || Episode: "Best of Friends/Success/Nine Karats"
|-
| 1981 || ''Peter and the Wolf'' || Narrator || Television film
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Peter and the Magic Egg]]'' || Uncle Amos || Voice, Television special
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' || Clarence Markwell || Episode: "A Haunting We Will Go", (final appearance)
|}

==Stage work==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Broadway productions
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Theatre
|-
| 1926 || ''The Merry World'' || Performer || [[Imperial Theatre]]
|-
| 1926 || ''A Night in Paris'' || Performer || [[44th Street Theatre]]
|-
| 1929 || ''Heads Up'' || Georgie || [[Neil Simon Theatre|Alvin Theatre]]
|-
| 1931 || ''[[George White's Scandals]] of 1931'' || Performer || [[Apollo Theatre (42nd Street)|Apollo Theatre]]
|-
| 1934 || ''[[Life Begins at 8:40]]'' || Performer || [[Winter Garden Theatre]]
|-
| 1936 || ''[[On Your Toes]]'' || Phil Dolan III, Hoofer || [[Imperial Theatre]]
|-
| 1940 || ''[[Keep Off the Grass]]'' || Performer || [[Broadhurst Theatre]]
|-
| 1942 || ''[[By Jupiter]]'' || Sapiens || [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]]
|-
| 1946 || ''[[Three to Make Ready]]'' || Performer || [[Adelphi Theatre (New York City)|Adelphi Theatre]]
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Where's Charley?]]'' || Charley Wykeham || [[St. James Theatre]]
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Where's Charley?]]'' (revival) || Charley Wykeham || [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]]
|-
| 1962 || ''[[All American (musical)|All-American]]'' || Professor Fodorski || [[Winter Garden Theatre]]
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Come Summer]]'' || Phineas Sharp || [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]]
|-
|}


{| class="wikitable"
|+Additional stage work
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Theatre !! Ref.
|-
| 1932 || ''Radio City Music Hall Inaugural Program'' || performer || [[Radio City Music Hall]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Radio City Music Hall Inaugural Program – Broadway Special – Original |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/radio-city-music-hall-inaugural-program-11551 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Come Summer]]'' || Phineas Sharp || [[Meridian Hall (Toronto)|O'Keefe Centre]] || <ref>{{cite web |last1=Goode |first1=Jeff |title=Ray Bolger stars in come summer, He shows enormous zest in musical at the O'Keefe |url=https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/244096/ray-bolger-stars-in-come-summer-he-shows-enormous-zest-in-m |website=Toronto Public Library Digital Archive  |access-date=4 February 2025 |date=24 January 1969}}</ref>
|-
| 1969 || ''[[The Happy Time (musical)|The Happy Time]]'' || performer || Starlight Musicals || <ref>{{cite web |title=The Happy Time |url=https://www.digitalindy.org/digital/collection/sm/id/1615/ |website=Indianaplis Public Library Digital Collections |access-date=4 February 2025 |date=1969}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{IMDb name|0001961}}
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* [http://wilderworld.podomatic.com/entry/2007-02-06T00_40_05-08_00 ''Churkendoose'' album] [http://wilderworld.podomatic.com/enclosure/2007-02-06T00_40_05-08_00.mp3 (mp3)]
* "Did these stories Really Happen" by Michelle Bernier. Createspace Pub. 2010; {{ISBN|1-4505-8536-1}}

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